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Victoria's Secret, its Angels and its Demons: the doc who denounces the dark underside of the brand

2022-07-08T13:06:11.712Z


The Hulu platform has unveiled the trailer for the documentary Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons, which traces the history of the lingerie brand. And discusses the relationship of its CEO, Les Wexner, with business magnate Jeffrey Epstein.


Rise and fall of an empire.

The Hulu platform has just unveiled the trailer for the new documentary

Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons

, which will be released on July 14, and promises to answer a number of particularly sensitive questions about the most famous lingerie brand. in the world.

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This three-part investigation, carried out by journalist Matt Tyrnauer, examines the history of the brand, intrinsically linked to that of its CEO, the billionaire Les Wexner, founder of L Brand, parent company of Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch and Bath. & Body Works.

Behind the marketing genius, sexy and glamorous, it is the underside of the fashion world that is addressed, in particular the way in which Victoria's Secret has insidiously modified the canons of feminine beauty: by distilling injunctions to plastic perfection, the brand would have contributed indirectly to the increase in cases of anorexia in many girls.

Combining archival footage, internal videos and interviews with former "angels",

Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons

also denounces the conflicts, exploitations and abuses of this fierce and very competitive environment, as well as the less brilliant aspects of a consumerist culture, denounced for a long time by feminist movements.

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Wexner's relationship with convicted sex-crime business magnate Jeffrey Epstein is also reviewed, as the CEO granted Epstein a power of attorney in 1991 as his personal fund manager.

The trailer questions the entrepreneur's good faith, asking if he was really unaware of the truth about Epstein's sex crimes.

It is currently unknown if

Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons

will be broadcast in France Disney +, no information having been communicated on this subject.

Source: lefigaro

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